Quote by Ulrich Beck
Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, no

Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally. – Ulrich Beck

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You need education. You need subsistence protection. We need jobs and social security. These are preconditions under which it will perhaps be possible to deal with these complex circumstances. – Ulrich Beck

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Education
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The basic assumption of the secular society is that modernity overcomes religion. – Ulrich Beck

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Religion
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I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to me that it was risk, not only in technology and ecology, but in life and employment, too. – Ulrich Beck

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Technology
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Science
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Biology is the science. Evolution is the concept that makes biology unique. – Jared Diamond

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Science

Organic chemistry is the chemistry of carbon compounds. Biochemistry is the study of carbon compounds that crawl. – Mike Adams

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Science

Malevolent criticisms will not disturb my peace of mind, I shall take no notice of them, however carefully they may be dressed up in the garb of science. – Sebastian Kneipp, 1889, translated from German, introduction to Thus Shalt Thou

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Science

Cultural anthropology is more and more rapidly getting to realize itself as a strictly historical science. – Edward Sapir

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Science

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Our goals for this nation must be nothing less than to double the size of our economy and bring prosperity and jobs, ownership and equality of opportunity to all Americans, especially those living in our nations pockets of poverty. – Jack Kemp

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Equality

My kids started school, so having a strong base in Melbourne has been a key priority. Im not daunted by the travel. People say, Its so far to Australia, and I say, You get on the plane, you eat well, you sleep, you wake up – and youre there. – Geoffrey Rush

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Travel

Before you love, learn to run through the snow leaving no footprint. – Turkish Proverb

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Love

If you write a novel alone you sit and you weave a little narrative. And its O.K., but its of no account. – V. S. Naipaul

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alone